T 0544/06 of 20.02.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T054406.20080220
- Date of decision
- 20 February 2008
- Case number
- T 0544/06
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 00910877.0
- IPC class
- B65D 41/34
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Bottle closing device
- Applicant name
- Saint-Gobain Calmar, S.A.
- Opponent name
- Valois S.A.S.
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty - yes
Inventive step - no (main request and second and third auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes (fourth auxiliary request)
Added subject-matter - yes (first auxiliary request)
Clarity - not a ground of opposition - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0001/03
- Citing cases
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following:
- claims 1 - 13 filed as auxiliary request 4 during the oral proceedings;
- description pages 2, replacement pages 2a and 3 as filed in the oral proceedings and description pages 4 and 5 as granted;
- figures 1 - 21 as granted.